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All the ideas for 'Difference and Repetition', 'Quantification and Descriptions' and 'Letters to Voetius'

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 1. Continental Philosophy

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'Difference' refers to that which eludes capture [Deleuze, by May]

2. Reason / D. Definition / 7. Contextual Definition

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Contextual definitions eliminate descriptions from contexts [Linsky,B]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 2. Descriptions / b. Definite descriptions

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Definite descriptions, unlike proper names, have a logical structure [Linsky,B]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / a. Nature of Being

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Ontology can be continual creation, not to know being, but to probe the unknowable [Deleuze]

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'Being' is univocal, but its subject matter is actually 'difference' [Deleuze]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / i. Deflating being

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Ontology does not tell what there is; it is just a strange adventure [Deleuze, by May]

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Being is a problem to be engaged, not solved, and needs a new mode of thinking [Deleuze, by May]

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism

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Atheism is an atrocious and intolerable crime in any country [Descartes]